PRIME MOTIONProjects
A project is the set of G-code programs that make one job: the roughing, the finishing, the drilling and the cutout, in the order they run. Programs posted from your own designs arrive as projects by themselves; programs from elsewhere are imported into one.
Projects waits until the machine is ready to work; see the homing gate.
The project list
- Search projects… finds projects by name.
- + creates a project.
- Sort: Created, Name or Opened (the last time you opened it). Tap the selected choice again to reverse it; ▲ and ▼ show the direction.
Each row shows the name, its notes, the number of files and when it was last opened. A project posted from a design carries the notes cam-export.
With no projects yet, the screen says No Projects Yet and offers Create Project.
Create, edit or delete a project
- + opens New Project: a Project name and Notes (optional). Create waits for a name.
- A row's ⋮ offers Edit (the same two fields, with Save) and Delete.
- Delete asks first: Delete "name" and all its imported files? This cannot be undone. A project running on the machine cannot be deleted until you stop it.
Inside a project
Tap a project to open it.
The header has the back arrow, the project's name and file count, Run Project (when the project has files), and the round upload button that imports files.
Tool runs
Programs posted from Prime Motion are grouped by tool run: the operations that share a setup and its cutters. Each group shows its name and file count, a chevron to fold it, and its own Run. Within a group the files are in run order, the order they were posted.
Imported files
Imported files have no tool run. They are listed in their run order, numbered, each with a drag handle. Sort: chooses how they are listed: Order (the run order), Name or Imported.
To change the run order, choose Sort: Order, then drag a row by its handle and let go. The new order is saved when you let go. Under Order ▼ the list is shown last-to-first, but the numbers stay the run positions and a drag still changes the run order the way it looks.
Running
| Tap | Loads |
|---|---|
| A file | That program alone |
| Run on a tool-run group | That group's files, in order |
| Run Project | Every file, group by group, in order |
Each loads the programs and switches to Control without moving the machine. Open Run in Control's left rail and explicitly choose Outline to check the footprint, then rehearse with Air Run. Reopen Run and choose Start to begin the program; with a whole project or group loaded it reads Start Project. Run Information lists the files with their tools and progress. See Loading a program for the file-load checks.
Between files
At the end of a file, the File Complete — Tool Change drawer shows which file finished, which comes next, and the next file's tool. Finishing the file does not initiate a positioning move. Read the next tool and clear the machine before choosing Continue; a tool change uses the Safe Z Height and Tool Change X / Y configured in Settings → Connection.
- Continue — fit the next tool if it differs, then run the next file.
- Stop Here — end the run after this file; the remaining files are not run.
- Cancel Run — end the run now.
After the last file, the run ends. Finishing it does not start a move to the machine origin. Use an explicit positioning command if you need to park the tool, after checking the clearance.
File rows
Each file shows its name, its tool run or tool, where it came from (Local) and when it was imported. Its ⋮ offers Delete file, which asks first and deletes the project's copy.
A red ⚠ on a posted file means it is out of date: the design changed after it was posted. Starting it is refused with Export out of date. Open the design, regenerate the toolpaths and export again. See Posting a program.
Importing files
The upload button opens the file browser on the tablet, an SD card or a USB drive. Prime Motion accepts .nc, .gcode, .ngc, .ncp and .tap; other files are shown dimmed. A file already in this project, with the same content, is skipped. See Files and storage.